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John Boy Ex Member	Some Molds are Enjoyable to Cast With ... Apr 1^st, 2014 at 3:39pm	Print Post
	Accurate Molds in particular ... (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) This my 4th Accurate mold - 375166 clone for the 38-55. Cast 100 this morning ... 1:20 - 380 base Cavity 1 - 326.4 to 326.9 Cavity 2 - 327.4 to 327.9 Had 3 bullets outside of the cavities Bell Curve All bullets dropped easily - completely filled out @ 750 F - parting lines nearly invisible and perfect bases 'one could shave with" In the same shipping package was another - a 5 cavity of the 45 Colt 454190. Nice part too - Accurate 5 cavity molds use the RCBS long handles and so do the single & double cavity molds


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Mick B Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1007 Location: 19 Ian Nicol St watson ACT aus Joined: Apr 11^th, 2013	Re: Some Molds are Enjoyable to Cast With ... Reply #1 - Apr 2^nd, 2014 at 6:23am	Print Post
	John My 38 mould should get here in a week, I can't wait to try it in the 38/56, getting the 38/56 to shoot is driving me nuts. Mike.


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John Boy Ex Member	Re: Some Molds are Enjoyable to Cast With ... Reply #2 - Apr 2^nd, 2014 at 8:46am	Print Post
	Mick, I do believe you are going to enjoy casting with your Accurate. I've got many vendors molds in the drawers and rate Tom's quality to lathe bore his molds for perfect bullets - Top Notch. Have fun shooting your 38-56! Compared to the quality of the 375166 that we had Lyman custom cut and the Accurate 375166 - Lyman's quality is way down the totem pole


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ron Oldtimer Offline Posts: 576 Location: Augusta Maine Joined: Nov 15^th, 2009	Re: Some Molds are Enjoyable to Cast With ... Reply #3 - Apr 2^nd, 2014 at 10:39am	Print Post
	John Boy, what os the spruplate thickness? ron


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oneatatime Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4421 Location: Rocky Mountains Joined: Oct 30^th, 2011	Re: Some Molds are Enjoyable to Cast With ... Reply #4 - Apr 2^nd, 2014 at 6:47pm	Print Post
	I got one for a 9.3mm. Beautiful mould and beautiful bullets.


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John Boy Ex Member	Re: Some Molds are Enjoyable to Cast With ... Reply #5 - Apr 2^nd, 2014 at 11:17pm	Print Post
	Quote: what is the spruplate thickness? Ron, here's some thicknesses for comparison: * 1/8 ... Ideal * 23/128 ... Hoch - Baco - Saeco - RCBS - NEI - Pioneer & Paul Jones * 3/16 ... Accurate - Lyman * 1/4 ... David Moss Forgot to measure Lee Precision


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ron Oldtimer Offline Posts: 576 Location: Augusta Maine Joined: Nov 15^th, 2009	Re: Some Molds are Enjoyable to Cast With ... Reply #6 - Apr 3^rd, 2014 at 6:31am	Print Post
	Thanks John Boy ron


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Mick B Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1007 Location: 19 Ian Nicol St watson ACT aus Joined: Apr 11^th, 2013	Re: Some Molds are Enjoyable to Cast With ... Reply #7 - Apr 10^th, 2014 at 2:06am	Print Post
	John My Accurate Moulds mould arrived yesterday and is a thing of beauty, seems a shame to get it dirty. Within the next few days I will get to cast some of the bullets for my 38/56 and try them. If all goes well you need not send me the lock of your hair and the fingernail clippings. regards. Mike.


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John Boy Ex Member	Re: Some Molds are Enjoyable to Cast With ... Reply #8 - Apr 11^th, 2014 at 9:30pm	Print Post
	Mick - you have to get it dirty if you want to shoot them 38-56 reloads Now, here's a plan ... other another for the glass case display! Seriously - hope you enjoy casting with the new mold as much as I do with Tom's


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Yellowhouse Full Member Offline Posts: 155 Location: Oklahoma Joined: Mar 31^st, 2008	Re: Some Molds are Enjoyable to Cast With ... Reply #9 - Apr 13^th, 2014 at 10:33am	Print Post
	John, are those the aluminum blocks?


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John in PA Oldtimer Offline Posts: 590 Location: Hollidaysburg, PA Joined: Nov 3^rd, 2009	Re: Some Molds are Enjoyable to Cast With ... Reply #10 - Apr 14^th, 2014 at 6:49pm	Print Post
	I agree on the Accurate Molds. I just cast with my first one yesterday. I had a custom mold made to duplicate the original arsenal 10.4X47R MM Italian Vetterli bullet. Accurate doesn't do hollow bases, so I had Tom send the mold to Erik Ohlen for one of his bar inserts for the hollow base pin. I cast about 150 bullets yesterday afternoon. Mold performed beautifully. It just might have been the easiest mold break-in I ever did in almost 40 years of casting! Hats off to Tom and Erik both!

	John Wells Hollidaysburg, PA Peabody and Peabody-Martini's Wanted!
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SBoomer Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1021 Location: Michigan's Frozen North (U.P.) Joined: Jan 28^th, 2010	Re: Some Molds are Enjoyable to Cast With ... Reply #11 - Apr 21^st, 2014 at 4:29pm	Print Post
	I'll second the Accurate molds. Here is my 35cal combo mold. Casting with this mold is really fun as the bullets nearly jump out of the cavities. Size is dead on for Lyman #2 as requested.


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John Boy Ex Member	Re: Some Molds are Enjoyable to Cast With ... Reply #12 - Apr 21^st, 2014 at 5:46pm	Print Post
	Another Accurate mold came and was cast with today ... the 454250D - 5 cavity, 454190 Colt clone. Don't do it often but coated the cavities with Rapine Mold Release and it was another pleasure casting about 18 pounds of bullets, especially with a 5 cavity. Honest Injun - not ONE bullet stuck in the mold. Just a light tap on the handles bolt, opened the mold halves and each time - 5 bullets dropped onto the cotton towel ... All By Themselves! How did the bullets look? Perfect compared to the 454190's with a Lee 6 gang and the Ideal 454190 single cavity ... except the bases were 455 with COWW's instead of 454. So I skinny'ed them down ... no big shakes


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rkaires Frequent Elocutionist Offline No Stronger Bond Posts: 1671 Location: Dingmans Ferry, PA Joined: Oct 26^th, 2012	Re: Some Molds are Enjoyable to Cast With ... Reply #13 - Apr 26^th, 2014 at 2:06pm	Print Post
	I had a chance to try out my new Accurate 41-375T mould .409 base band today. I preheated it on the edge of my pot for about ten min. After about ten or so I was casting excellent bullets. Just like my other Accurate mould the bullets drop right out. One thing I noticed with this brass mould is I could put the mould down on the edge of my pot and do something else for 10-15 min. When I start casting again the first bullet come out as nice as the previous one. I'm very happy with this mould. Bob

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JLouis Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 10625 Joined: Apr 8^th, 2009	Re: Some Molds are Enjoyable to Cast With ... Reply #14 - Apr 26^th, 2014 at 2:15pm	Print Post
	Bob most moulds will cast a good bullet if you set the mould down for awile but they generally will not come close to weighing the same. It would be interesting to know the weight difference based on your experiance with that new mould?

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